In this module, a continuum of psychopathology is presented for your review. The diagnostic issues are supposedly arranged in order of severity. When you consider this continuum:
0 – Disorder Free Person
1 – Adjustment Disorder
2 – Anxiety Disorder
3- Personality Disorder: Mild to Moderate
4- Severe Personality Disorder
5 – Mood Disorder
6 – Dissociative Disorder
7- Psychosis
what are the essential differences as you move up the scale? What are the implications for a) reality testing? , b) the quality of interpersonal relationships?, c) prognosis? Compare and contrast specific diagnoses of your choice in order to illustrate the contrasts in functioning that emerge here.
What is the potential benefit of organizing psychopathology in this way and how might this continuum be useful? What are some legitimate criticisms that could be directed toward this conceptualization of psychopathology and what are the limitations of this framework in understanding psychopathology in general?
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